Route new Box files into Google Drive
Keep incoming documents together. When a file lands in a watched Box folder, Notis can upload it to your Google Drive intake folder.
Trigger
New File Added to Folder
Triggers when a new file is added to a folder in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box folder and fires when new files are detected. Only files (not folders or web links) are monitored.
Action
Upload File
Uploads a file (max 5mb) to google drive, moving it to a specified folder if a valid folder id is provided, otherwise uploads to root.
Why this helps
New files arrive in Box while the rest of your work happens in Drive, making it easy to miss an important document.
- Gather new documents in one Drive folder
- Reduce manual downloading and re-uploading
- Make incoming work easier to review
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Box and Google Drive once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis in plain language from any channel.
- 3Describe that new files in the chosen Box folder should be uploaded to your chosen Drive folder.
- 4Pick the Box New File Added to Folder trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real file and confirm it appears in Drive.
Questions about this workflow
Can this watch a specific Box folder?
Yes. Choose the Box folder when selecting the New File Added to Folder trigger.
Does the workflow copy folders too?
No. This trigger monitors new files only, not folders or web links.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Box to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Box triggers
Google Drive actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add file sharing preference
Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Copy file
Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.
Collaboration Details Changed
Triggers when a collaboration's details change (e.g., role, status, expiration). This trigger monitors a specific collaboration and detects when any meaningful field changes, such as role, status, expiration date, access type, or acknowledgment status.
Create Comment
Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.
Comment Changed
Triggers when a comment's content or details change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box comment and detects when any meaningful field changes, such as message text edits, tagged message changes, or modification timestamp updates.
Create Shared Drive
Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.
New File Comment Added
Triggers when a new comment is added to a file in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when new comments are detected.
Create File or Folder
Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).
File Metadata Changed
Triggers when a file's metadata or properties change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when changes are detected in key fields like name, description, size, modification time, parent folder, or status.
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
File Shared Link Changed
Triggers when a file's shared link settings change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file's shared link and fires when changes are detected in the shared link configuration, such as access level, permissions, password protection, expiration date, or vanity URL.
Create a folder
Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.
New File Version Uploaded
Triggers when a new file version is uploaded to a file in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when new versions are detected.
Create Reply
Tool to create a reply to a comment in google drive. use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.
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